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Instructional Strategies and Techniques for Information Professionals

Nicole Cooke, Montclair State University and Jeffrey Teichmann, Rutgers University, USA

Chandos Information Professional Series

If you are looking for practical tools and tips for packaging content into a successful training programme, then Cooke and Teichmann offer a clear roadmap from pre-training plan to post-training networking. …a bright and light practical guide, easy to absorb. …Recommended.
The Australian Library Journal

 - written by practicing professional librarians and trainers for use in the library setting
 - features a combination of training, facilitation, and public-speaking skills
 - covers all aspects of training from audience evaluation to lesson plans to evaluation to lesson delivery
 - written in plain, practical and accessible language
 - includes best practices of using technology in training

Increasingly, library personnel are called upon to teach classes, deliver presentations and represent their organizations in an official capacity. This book is designed to assist those professionals with little to no experience designing and delivering training, instructional sessions, and presentations. Suitable for all librarians, library staff and library school students, this practical guide will get the library professional up and running as a trainer and presenter.

Readership: Students in library and information science, and librarians and library staff who need to learn and develop the skills necessary to successfully plan and development a lesson or presentation.

£47.50 / US$80.00 / €55.00

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About the authors

Nicole Cooke received her MLS from Rutgers University and a Masters in Adult Education from Penn State University. She is currently a reference and instruction librarian at Montclair State University, and is an American Library Association Spectrum Doctoral Fellow at Rutgers University, pursuing a PhD in Library and Information Science. Cooke has over 10 years of experience in training and speaking for various local and national professional library organizations.

Jeff Teichmann received his MLIS from Rutgers University, where he serves as an Access Services supervisor at the Rutgers University Libraries. He has 20 years experience planning and implementing training programs for the staff of the libraries, and various professional library organizations in New Jersey.

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Contents

PART 1 GENERAL OVERVIEW
PART 2 CONTENT
PART 3 THE NUTS AND BOLTS
PART 4 TRAINING COMPLETED! WHAT NEXT?

PART 1 GENERAL OVERVIEW

To train or not to train?
 - Action plan
 - References

Whom should we train or instruct?
 - References

How should we train or instruct?
 - Presentation-style training
 - Demonstration-style training
 - Hands-on training
 - Virtual training
 - In-person training
 - Mixing virtual and in-person training
 - Useful links
 - Reference

PART 2 CONTENT

Developing the training plan and content
 - Useful links and further reading
 - References

Evaluating your training plan and content
 - Four levels of evaluation
 - Useful links
 - References

PART 3 THE NUTS AND BOLTS

Who will conduct the training?
 - Useful links

The logistics of training
 - Choosing the right location
 - Handling people
 - Administrative tasks
 - Useful links and further reading
 - Reference

The trainer’s toolbox: tips and tricks for making training successful
 - Co-teaching
 - Taking your show on the road!
 - An ounce of prevention – a trainer’s toolbox
 - Useful links
 - References

PART 4 TRAINING COMPLETED! WHAT NEXT?

Keeping current
 - Why continuing education?
 - Continuing education/professional development
 - Building online learning communities
 - Professional development 2.0: examples
 - Notes
 - Useful links and further reading
 - References

Keeping connected
 - Listserv
 - E-newsletters
 - Blogs and wikis
 - Online discussion groups
 - Useful links